Example sentences of "be measured [prep] the number " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the second baseline there is no reason in the definition why it should not be measured as the number of violent outbursts including shouting at baby sister to make her cry . |
| 2 | The success of the year can be measured by the number of Branches that deserve special mention . |
| 3 | In contrast the authoritarian nature of Tanzanian politics can more usefully be measured by the number of political detainees which exceeded several hundred in the mid 1970s or in terms of the degree of pressure brought to bear on the rural population from 1974 to 1978 . |
| 4 | It can be measured by the number of other items which it can displace . |
| 5 | However , if success can be measured by the number of governments in all parts of the world now privatising their state-owned assets , then privatisation can be seen as a great success . |
| 6 | We agree that success of medical genetics can not be measured by the number of terminated pregnancies , any more than the success of surgery can be measured by the number of lower limbs amputated in patients with vascular stenosis . |
| 7 | We agree that success of medical genetics can not be measured by the number of terminated pregnancies , any more than the success of surgery can be measured by the number of lower limbs amputated in patients with vascular stenosis . |
| 8 | Therefore there is clearly some on-going benefit from such a campaign which can not be measured by the number of enquiries received . |
| 9 | However , I can not imagine that the success of the ‘ new ’ medical genetics should be measured by the number of terminated fetuses . |
| 10 | But that is measured by the number of workers — which has declined sharply . |
| 11 | Since , after normal ovulation , between 6 and 12 eggs are recovered , success is measured by the number which are undergoing mitotic division and the number of divisions which can be analysed . |
| 12 | The effect of these EDMs is measured by the number of signatures they attract when they are printed on the daily Order paper . |